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(No Model.) W HANDLE FOR HAIR CLIPPERS.

Patented Nov. 15.1892.

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Inventor:

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM CLARK, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

HANDLE FOR HAIR-CLIPPERS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 486,083, dated November15, 1892.

Application filed anuary 14, 1892. Serial No. 418,080. (No model.)Patented in England April 8,1891, NO- 6,062-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM CLARK, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at 528 Oxford Street, London, in the county ofMiddlesex, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in theHandles of Clippers, Shears, and other Tools, (for which I have obtaineda patentin Great Britain, No. 6,062, dated April 8, 1891,) of which thefollowing is a specification.

In the drawing the figure represents a pair of clippers with myimprovement combined therewith.

The clippers are of any ordinary construction, consisting of the bladesB E, to which are connected by the pivot-bolt D the shanks The handle H,of wood, has its upper end bored out, and into the bore fits the socketK. This is screw-threaded internally, but on its exterior side isperfectly smooth to fit the smooth bore of the handle. The upper end ofthe socket has a laterally-extending rim or flange m, which at its edgeis joined to a second flange 0c, the latter depending concentric to theouter face of the ferrule and ata short distance therefrom to form anannular space y. Into this space the upper reduced edge of the handle isfitted, the annular flange w fitting around the said edge and.completely inclosing and protecting the same.

The shank of the tool is screw-threaded and is screwed into the socket.In order to hold all the parts in place it is only necessary to have thedepending flange-0c perforated atz and have a second perforation at z inthe main body of the ferrule in line with the first, and then run ascrew through the two perforations and the intermediate reduced edge ofthe handle, the said screw bearing upon the screw-threaded shank, andthus serving to hold the same against turning as Well as to hold thesocket in place. The socket is entirely open at the bottom and the shankmay pass through it and project into the bore of the handle, which boreis somewhat deeper than the socket.

' I claim as my invention In combination, the handle having a reducedbored upper end, the socket fitting in said bore and having an interiorscrew-thread, an integral concentric flange or rim forming an annularspace to receive the reduced end of the handle, both the said socket andrim having a lateral perforation which are in alignment with each other,the perforation in the socket opening into the screw-threaded interiorthereof, and the means for holding the socket to the reduced end of thehandle and for directly engaging and locking the shank in place,consisting of the single screw passing through the perforation of theflange, the perforation of the socket, and the inter mediate reducedpart of the handle, the inner end of the said screw projecting into thescrew-threaded interior to bear on the shanks, substantially asdescribed.

WILLIAM CLARK.

Witnesses:

AMBROSE MYALL, HARRY PETER VENN.

